Meet the Black knight of the round table and explore artworks that show a diverse Middle Ages. (LINK IN BIO) Important figures depicted in the period’s artworks included Sir Palamedes, a Muslim knight of the Round Table; Saint Maurice, a Black African; and Hua Mulan, a woman who dressed in men’s clothing and became a soldier. The illustrations and Farsi text on this illumination depict Alexander the Great and his encounters with Swahili coast warriors, an audience before the Great Khan of China, and a visit to the Kaaba in Mecca. Image: The Battle of Iskandar with the Zangi from a manuscript of the Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami, AH 1027/1618 CE. The Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.445, fol. 271. Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837–1913) in 1910.